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Illustration for <i>Sketches by Boz</i>, a collection of short pieces by Charles Dickens originally published 1836","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Departmental notes from the Cruikshank Bequest","free":"Full text is as follows:\r\n\r\n'9725 Sketches by Boz.  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